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i kinda sorta had to tell them as i was 17 and needed their signature on the waiver. took a year to convince them to sign.

if the names were not in that story i never would have recognized many of the participants. Made a few jumps with most -- Demme, Tom & Cindy, Whittington and Randy and this just does not seem like any of them. Ask Randy sometime about his swimming adventure at Eustis (sp??) back around 1979 -- i always thought it was a myth about turning blue. Just does not sound like the 70s i remember.

damnit or ratso still around?

i forget the date but up into the early 70s there was a field in Campbelltown, PA called Reigle Field. About 1800 feet of grass. Believe the club's name was Falling Stars. They merged with Flying Dutchmen and became Maytown SPC. google map pic attached -- i think

Hugh Bergeron came up with the original design for the shortlining which also had mods to the steering slots and removal of the data panel. He used to work at the NASA Langley Research Center and started the Peninsula Skydivers Skydiving Club. Not sure where he is now. I had my PC done by dave dewolf -- as i was around 145lb at the time performance was fantastic. As an aside rumor -- heard that dave used the data panels to make halter tops but i was never fortunate to see one modeled. Another also, Hugh never got a dime for the design even though it was used by many and i believe that one canopy was in production with the mod.

name is Karl was your roommate for a bit in that house Greg had in south daytona

do you ever hear from any of the riddle jumpers from 80 - 82

joe smith tshirt from the mid 70s last act of defiance

i had one -- forget whether it was 1978 or 1979 when i bought it -- log books are somewhere stored now. Continued to jump it through 1983. anyway after having the stabilizers added it was a great canopy -- i even enjoyed the comments that it was the first ram air pilot chute -- amusing considering how technology has been incorporated into even smaller ones today. never any problems with turbulence. I weighed 145 when i bought it but somehow put on a few pounds in college -- 185. Never had any hard landing just ones where it didnt seem to slow down much in a flare -- great green knees on my white jumpsuit. It does bounce around a bit on opening -- just had to get the brakes down -- and be careful how you stow the steering lines -- i had a steering line hang up on that huge ass cascade knot and only had one toggle active. Used the old S fold -- nose tucked in made easy openings but if one was planning to need a faster opening i just turned the nose down -- really snapped open. still have it but i doubt it is still flyable.

been many plans but so far none have succeeded -- $$$ per pound to lift.Quote too bad the shuttle is being retired would make a great big way ride -- upside down in orbit, open the doors and 200+ do a swarm re-entry

for its time the flyer was great; well as long as one was not excessive in their demands to the suspended mass. only drawbacks i found were the comments about jumping the world's first ram air pilot chute -- kind of amusing with what is available now. Other was the openings could be a tad squirrely for a sec or 2. i completely enjoyed it -- going from 145lb to 185lb while at school in florida was unique -- never 'thumped' but did have some brilliant green knees on my white jump suit.

that was a nonsense media hype full article at http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/asd/2010/08/27/06.xml&headline=Wayward%20Fire%20Scout%20Was%20No%20Threat,%20Officials%20Say as for the sighting it may have been that huge flag at a dealership -- believe it is on backlick -- flag is up pretty high. no general aviation a/c has been allowed in the area -- several pilots can attest to that when they were met up with an F-16. Only skydiving i ever seen in DC was in the movie (point break/ dropzone.....) not sure which but they jumped into town during july 4th fireworks -- may have been digital though. U.S. Navy and industry sources say that the MQ-8 Fire Scout that headed into restricted airspace in St. Mary’s Country, Md., earlier this month did not come close to Washington or threaten any government activities there. Navy officials acknowledged this week that the remotely piloted rotorcraft flew about 1,700 ft. in altitude for 23 mi. north/northwest of where it should have, outside the military airspace surrounding NAS Patuxent River, Md. (Aerospace DAILY, Aug. 26). This put the aircraft around 40 mi. south of the Washington area, “quiet a distance from the U.S. Capital,” a navy official says. Confusion was caused when Navy officials referred to the airspace where the aircraft penetrated as “restricted,” and this garnered such headlines in the popular press as “Out-of-Control Drone Wanders into DC Restricted Airspace,” which was published by msnbc.com. The airspace penetrated by the Fire Scout is a corridor of visual flight rule restricted airspace used primarily by military helicopter pilots transporting government officials around the capital and to Andrews AFB, Md., an industry official says. “There was concern, but there was not panic,” one industry official says. Air traffic control officials at Patuxent River and Andrews were in constant contact while the Fire Scout was en route, the official adds. The Fire Scout properly squawked 7600, the emergency code for lost communications, Navy officials say.

did you go to riddle back around 82 0r so

shouldn't take you too long to sort thru google had only a few hits Results 1 - 10 of about 61,300 for "campus lounge".

i once heard a story concerning the HERD and someone infamous dropping a roadkill -- possum or raccoon?? anyway it supposedly went through the wing of Bill Ottley's plane. Then there was another about an equally infamous person catching a bird and taking it to altitude -- evidently small birds do not fare well at exit speeds.

long long time ago it was referred to as "Winter Madness" symptoms included significant personality changes and extremely weird social manifestations -- some (shudder!!!) even went so far as to get married, pursue actual careers and buy homes.

If you need to ask you will never understand why that said it did impress girls ( i was still in high school at my first jump) and i know how to open the door -- wait way back then we didnt have doors

if you think that was a little bothersome then wait until the first time you jump having a cold. note -- make sure wind is to your face and not across as to letting a low pressure area develop -- lest any friend you might have had at a higher altitude will --- well you can get the image.

Beatnik: you ever run across that Irvin Eagle that Joe Smith had around back in the 70s. From what i recall he told about it -- was the last one being jumped -- got one jump on it was amazing

actually reply to 2 posts It wasn't that they turned a Strato Flyer into a reserve -- yes that is very true but then steve snyder did give all the new buyers a free belt lol still have it somewhere. i have several hundred jumps on a flyer -- loved everyone of them!!! Only problem i had with it was the "finger trapped" steering lines -- one side hung up once. Is it good compared to today's canopies -- hell no but then that is the purpose of technology development. When the Merlin came out it was a tremendous advance over the flyer -- jumped it in florida -- was incredible what i could make that thing do. but then i was 145lb at the time and right near the max suspended (recommended weight of 160lb). Complaints i heard at the time came from those who ... well had a tad few additional lbs -- referred to back then as base material. reading about the new canopies -- i really need to get back -- anyone have info about returning to jump following a ruptured brain aneurysm????

certainly is according to the FAA registry [url]http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=2592G&cmndfind.x=0&cmndfind.y=0

yea but all of em respect their rigger!!!

1970 i skipped school (high school) and drove from outside of harrisburg to the Chute Shop and bought first pair of jump boots and altimeter (altimaster II) -- absolutely great bunch of people there at the time

ran across this video on base jumping w/a wingsuit kinda interesting http://www.wimp.com/basejumpers/

i liked my swing wing especially when i was 145lb @ 6'